London, BL, Add. 14447
source date: 10th century
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/119, Add. 14,447, London, BL, Add. 14,447, BL Add MS 14447, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 156, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CLVI

[This manuscript contains: The Book of Women. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 5 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1b-32b
title: The Book of Women
rubric: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܢܫ̈ܐ
See Add. 14,652 [...], fol. 1b , and Egerton 704 [...], foll. 197 a and 287 a .
This manuscript has been used by Dr. de Lagarde in his edition of the Apocrypha.
  Foll. 1b-5
  title: The story of Susanna
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܫܘܫܢ ܢܟܦܬܐ
  Foll. 5b-15
  title: The book of Esther
  rubric: ܢܨܚ̈ܢܐ ܕܐܣܬܝܪ.
  Foll. 15a-32
  title: The book of Judith
  rubric: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܝܗܘܕܝܬ.
  Fol. 32b
  title: The history of Thecla the martyr
  rubric: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܬܩܠܐ ܣܗܕܬܐ.
  Very imperfect.

Vellum, about 7 3/8 in. by 5 1/4, consisting of 32 leaves, the first of which is slightly torn. The quires, four in number (the last imperfect), are signed with letters. Each page has from 26 to 30 lines. This manuscript is written in a neat, regular hand of about the xth cent.

Vellum

32 ff. 7 3/8 × 5 1/4

The quires, four in number, are signed with letters.

- The first of the leaves is slightly torn.

- The last of the quires is imperfect.

Each page has from 26 to 30 lines.

This manuscript is written in a neat, regular hand of about the 10th century.

See additions.

- Ownership Inscription

On fol. 1 a there is a note stating that this volume belonged to the convent of S. Mary Deipara.

.ܟܬܒܐ ܕܢ̈ܫܐ ܕܕܝܪܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܐܣܩܝܛܝ. ܐܠܐ ܟܠ ܡܢ ܕܫܩܠ ܠܗ ܠܐ ܫܠܝܛ ܠܗ ܡܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܢܗܘܐ ܠܘܬܗ. ܐܠܐ ܫܬܐ ܝܪ̈ܚܝܢ. ܘܐܢ ܡܡܪܚ ܘܠܐ ܡܗܦܟ. ܬܚܝܬ ܚܪܡܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ.

10th century

See additions.

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 CLVI 1:98